diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index afc1240e..4808b068 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
       <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1</version>
+      <version>4.3.3</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>